SOCIAL MEDIA
What is social media?
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content
(such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.
The term social in regard to media suggests platforms enable communal activity. Social media can
enhance and extend human networks. Users access social media through web-based apps or custom
apps on mobile devices. These interactive platforms allow individuals, communities, and organizations to
share, co-create, discuss, participate in, and modify user-generated or
self-curated content. Social media is used to document memories, learn, and form friendships.
They may be used to promote people, companies, products, and ideas. Social media can be
used to consume, publish, or share news.
ADVANTAGES
Connectivity
Social media can connects people globally, enabling instant communication. It also
build strength relationship between one another person around the world
Information and Awareness
Social media provides real-time updates on news and events whether inside or
outside the country. It access to educational resources and online learning
platforms. Students easily gather information for the specific work to complete the
given assignments.
Business Opportunities
The company enables digital marketing and brand promotion, so it reduce the cost
for the marketing. Social media also have the facilities e-commerce and networking.
Creativity and Self-expression
All platform social media offers platform for sharing arts, writing and getting ideas
for inspiration. It will encourages collaboration and innovation
positive effetcs
Cyberbullying and Harassment
Social media will increase exposure to online abuse. Not all the content that upload
on the social media will get the good comment, some of use will get critics from the
toxis people so it creates mental health challenges.
Privacy Concern
For the social media, we must have the account for the log into the platform.So, it
risks of data breaches and misuse of our personal information. It also has a difficulty
maintaining digital boundaries.
Addiction and Time-wasting
When we use beyond the limit of social media, it will leads to exessive screen time.
It reduces productivity and real-life interaction. We also wasting our time and get
addition to it.
Misinformation
Irresponsible person will upload the fake news to the platform to ensure the people
believe the fake information.So, it easily get the attention from the
society to believe them.
DISADVANTAGES
mental health effects
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GRAPH OF USAGE OF
SOCIAL MEDIA IN MALAYSIA
JANUARY 2024
90.7%84.9% 77.0%68.8% 45.2%64.9%
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02 03 Leveraging benefits while
mitigating risks can enhance
its value to society
Encourages responsible and
mindful usage
Social media has both positive and negative
effects
CONCLUSION
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